I don't know what they are discussing but Nikki, her husband  Carmen, Isaac behind him and Lilianna between them. 

 Tyler our grandson and Britnee.  They make such a darling couple.  She seems right with him and he is madly in love with her daughter Armani who is 2.

One side of the room with some of the people sitting there.  I think if Bob and I counted correctly there were 28 young and old there.  2 girlfriends one 2 yrs old and the rest directly related or spouses/partners with one who is. 

It was such a special day.  Friday I will move on to Sunday.  Who could have a better birthday weekend.  It was a dream of a time and I never felt so loved and cherished as I did then. 

Tomorrow is my Thinking Day and I think I will tell Rosie's story.  Still no baby but she had herself quite a day today.

Blessings,

Lea

What a wonderful weekend I had.  For the most part the best in my life.  A blip on Sunday with my horse but the BIG HIT  of the entire weekend was my big surprise party on Saturday night.  I could not have been more surprised.

All four of our living children with the two in heaven rejoicing too I am sure.  Not only all 4 children but l4 of l7 grandchildren and a group of greats too.  Two girlfriends too in the group.  They had reserved the pink room at the casino.

I knew Bob was taking me there for dinner but I was shocked at the group that surprised me.  I could not get another picture to load.  Then I will have Sundays to show you.  You will probably all get tired of hearing about it.  My sister paid for it all, and my eternal thanks to her.  The only thing that would have made it better was to have her there. 

Thank you to my kids, my sister and everyone there.  Some of the grandchildren just came for the evening and had to be back to go to work Sunday morning.  Wow.  I feel so loved and cherished by my entire family.

The picture left to right is Christy, our son Tom,  Wendy, our daughter Christyn.  Bob and I, our son Steve behind us, Debbie, our daughter Nikki and her husband Carmen.  I love them each so much.

Blessings, you haven't heard the last from this weekend,

Lea

Thinking Thursday

Thinking Thursday

A few years ago I wrote about this wagon and decided to do it again.  I am going to be thinking about different things on Thursdays.

This little wagon has been around our place for a long time.  It is a little worse for wear but still has loveing memories.  I can imagine the things that happened before we got the wagon at a yard sale I think.  I can see a little blonde boy with his hands over his mouth jumping up and down in excitement over what Santa had brought him.  He pulled it around and around and his mama and daddy pulled him and his baby sister in it too.  He grew up and the wagon was just in a corner of his parents garage.  They decided to clean out their garage.  Thus the yard sale and we bought it.

We were just starting to have grandchildren.  They played with it,

pulling each other, toys, hay and what have you all around.  As they got older, they attatched it to the four wheeler and pulled the younger kids around.  They pulled it with their bikes, they have pulled it behind the tractor with Grandpa. 

Now our grandchildren are growing up and have outgrown the little red wagon.  But we have the great grandchildren now.  They don't come out so much but when they do, the little Red Radio Flyer will be here, tucked away in the corner of the barn waiting for the.

Blessings,

Lea

Justin and I taking a nap this afternoon.  .  He pulled up on a chair and was so proud of himself.  I knew he was going to fall and hit the wooden dog bed.  He did, he turned around thinking he could walk to me.  He couldn't.  He isn't even 7 months old yet.  He cried pretty hard and will have a bruise but did not split his head open like I thought.  We snuggled a while and then I lay back and was talking to him and then he was asleep and I was dozing.  Katie came in and caught us.  He is a brave little bugger,  he thinks he can do anything.

Didn't do too much after noon.  This morning I helped Bob gather our steers up so he could brand the five of them.  Not my favorite job but as a farmers wife you don't always get to pick and choose.  They are now up on their summer pasture with the ones he branded last week.  He is working on fence up by Deer Park so we can take our cow calf pairs, the bull and bred heifers up there.

I wanted to work with Sage but when Justin went home we went to buy groceries for the month.  I try to get everything but milk etc. once a month.  Doesn't always work but close to it. 

So that was my day.  Tomorrow, I am going to ride Sage whether Bob is here or not.  Just can't wait any longer.  I can't.

Blessings

Lea

I could not get the other picture to load.   This is Ft. Spokane, established in 1840.  It is maintained beautifully.  We didn't stop to walk around, just to take this picture.  It sits on the east side of the Spokane River overlooking the river.

I worked with Sage today and too bad no one was here.  She was so laid back I think I could have ridden her anywhere.  Keep doing things to take the spooks out of her and so far that is working.  I sat the bucket of nails on her back and rattled it.  Did that from both sides.  I put a couple of poles on the ground and put the end of one on the bottom rail of the panel.  She just hopped over it fine.  She never stumbled over the other one either.  I get so proud of her every time she does something different happily.

Blessings,

Lea

 These are at the entrance to the Two Rivers Casino on the Columbia River on the Spokane Indian Reservation.  We stopped at their big gas station to use their facilities.  They are very large way up in the air on big metal poles.

I got Justin come cowboy boots at a yard sale.  He already had his jammies on but I had to see them on him.  A little big for him yet..  I loved them and hope he gets to wear them when he grows into them.

Our warm sunny weather moved on somewhere else.  Darn but we really needed the rain.  You could almost hear things growing out there.  We have wheat and barley  fields all around us and needed the drink today.  I hope it doesn't last for more than a couple of days though.  Back to sweat pants for now.  I was cold today.  So Sage gets a day or two off too then.  I just can't go out in the wind and rain to work her. 

Bed calling to me.  Blessings to you all,

Lea